treat it. it had spread. and so she had been preparing, especially for her younger children and if you remember, she had lost her first born. and they are asking in lieu of any flowers or things like that, for people who are close to the edwards family to donate to a foundation in his name, which puts computers in schools for less privileged children. so, she has been trying to prepare for this and the hard part is those i have talked to who are close to her say that she was perhaps more prepared than they are, especially as this news gets out now and the reality of it sets n so as you and chuck were talking aboeethe caidate, i always had that sense about her. early in their life, it was elizabeth the star of the couple. she was a terrific lawyer did not take her husband s name, edwards, until the loss of her son at age 16 in a car accident. she was her own person in her life before she became a national figure. she was a health care advocate. those who don t know her childhood backgro
it s up to 43 per. martha: is there any way to attribute anything to this trend? reporter: they say there is a clear link between people s views of the president s faith and the views of his job performance. take a listen. among those who say he s a christian, they tend to be very positive in their assessments of the president s job performance. those who don t know what the president s faith is, they are split in their job approval ratings. reporter: the president is a christian and he supposedly goes to chapel regularly at camp david. there are no cameras there. so we don t know that. martha: the image of him walking in and out of church. reporter: like bill clinton and george w. bush. martha: thank you very much. our religion correspondent with that story. bill: is the u.s. sinking deeper